In this interview, Manfred Scheich, Austrian Permanent Representative to the European Union from 1995 to 1999 and member of the Reflection Group for the preparation of the Treaty of Amsterdam (signed in 1997), discusses the issues affecting Austria in the negotiations for the preparation of the Treaty.

In this interview, Manfred Scheich, Austrian Permanent Representative to the European Union from 1995 to 1999, discusses the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the second half of 1998 and assesses its achievements.

In this interview, Manfred Scheich, Austrian Permanent Representative to the European Union from 1995 to 1999, discusses the nature and impact of the sanctions imposed by the 14 other Member States of the European Union on Austria as a result of the formation of a government coalition between the Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) and the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) in February 2000.